GORDON BERNELL CHARTER

GORDON BERNELL CHARTER operates as a minimally staffed high school in ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, operated by ALBUQUERQUE. Current enrollment sits at 175 students spanning grades 9 through 12. By comparison, New Mexico's public schools average about 450 students each, so GORDON BERNELL CHARTER sits 61% below that benchmark.

ALBUQUERQUE comprises 171 schools with combined enrollment of 74,041 students; GORDON BERNELL CHARTER is among them.

On the student-mix side, GORDON BERNELL CHARTER records that Hispanic students make up the majority at 67%; the rest is composed of 12% White, 11% Native American, 5% multiracial, 4% Black. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 49%.

Looking at school resources, On paper, GORDON BERNELL CHARTER has 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.3:1. The state averages around 22.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 37% of students at GORDON BERNELL CHARTER qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Bernalillo County (around 90%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Bernalillo County) shows that median household income runs about $69,473, 38% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Bernalillo County runs 211 public schools (combined enrollment of about 85,724 students), of which GORDON BERNELL CHARTER is one.

GARFIELD MIDDLE is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in an inner-city area. GORDON BERNELL CHARTER is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at GORDON BERNELL CHARTER has ticked down 59%, going from 428 students in 2018 to 175 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 27.6:1 in 2018 to 11.3:1 in 2025.

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